(It does not alter the current ban on cannabis businesses in the city.) Measure O: This measure will allow Huntington Beach voters to decide if a tax on cannabis businesses should be imposed if they are ever allowed in the city. It also defines an “attorney-client relationship” in regard to Huntington Beach and its city attorney, and it mandates the city attorney must provide regular status updates on litigation. Measure N: This measure would allow the Huntington Beach City Council to hire outside counsel if the city attorney so requests, if the city attorney or the office has a conflict of interest, or if the legal matter directly relates to the city attorney or the office. It would also allow the City Council to fill a vacancy by requiring four votes rather than a simple majority of those seated and alleviate the city treasurer from being required to submit monthly financial reports as the city’s Department of Finance now handles that. Measure M: Before Huntington Beach voters, this measure would strip a requirement for the city attorney to have a degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association. It changes the previous voter-approved initiative known as Measure C. Measure L: This Huntington Beach charter amendment would allow the city to construct restrooms or replace existing equipment and infrastructure (as long as the height and footprint don’t change by more than 10%) on parks and beaches without voter input. Because of a 2016 resident-driven initiative, projects that would increase density or add a significant number of new homes or car trips now must go to voters for approval if Measure K passes, that would no longer be required along certain commercial corridors and industrial areas. Measure K: Costa Mesa voters are deciding on Measure K, which would remove the requirement for a public vote on major developments in some areas of the city. Anaheim’s hotel tax is 15%, and the measure’s language suggests up to $3 million more in tax revenue would be collected annually. Measure J: Before Anaheim voters, this measure would require online travel companies to collect on the full cost of a night’s stay the city’s transient occupancy tax, which is levied on hotel guests. If this measure is approved, members would be able to serve again after a lapse of service of at least two years. Measure I: This measure, before Aliso Viejo voters, would set term limits for council members to a combined total of two four-year consecutive terms. Here’s a look at the local ballot measures that will be decided in Orange County this year. MORE: Learn about your candidates in our 2022 Voter Guide Those give voters the opportunity to decide whether sports betting should be legal, if a ban on flavored tobacco products should remain in place and if the right to abortion needs to be included in the state constitution. These measures are different from the seven statewide propositions posed to all California voters this year. Local measures this year range in topic, from setting term limits for certain councils or school boards to changing the relationship between one city and its attorney. That means some voters might not have any local measures before them at all. Twenty local measures are before voters this year albeit, voters will only get to decide the ones that are related to their cities. A bevy of measures – mostly dealing with real and hypothetical taxes – will be decided. It’s not just candidates on Orange County residents’ ballots this year.
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